Kashima Shintō-ryū

Kashima Shintō-ryū (鹿島新当流)
Founder	Tsukahara Bokuden (塚原 卜伝)
Date founded	c.1530
Period founded	Late Muromachi period
Current headmaster	Yoshikawa Tsuenetaka
Art	Description
Kenjutsu - ōdachi, kodachi	Sword art - long and short sword
Bōjutsu	Staff art
Sōjutsu	Spear art
Naginatajutsu	Glaive art
Tenshin Shōden Katori Shintō-ryū
Yamaguchi-ryū ; Tennen Rishin-ryū

Kashima Shintō-ryū (鹿島新当流^?) is a traditional (koryū) school of Japanese martial arts founded by Tsukahara Bokuden in the Muromachi period (c.1530).

Due to its formation during the tumultuous Sengoku Jidai, a time of feudal war, the school's techniques are based on battlefield experience and revolve around finding weak points in the opponent's armor. The sword (katana), spear (yari) and glaive (naginata) are some of the weapons used by the school. The current headmaster of the school is Yoshikawa Tsuenetaka.

Kashima Shintō-ryū formerly had a series of iaijutsu techniques in its curriculum, but these were lost over time.

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